# Sewa Bigha Village, Bodh Gaya, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bodh Gaya, Gaya 

# Sewa Bigha

Sewa Bigha is a village in Bodh Gaya sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **696 people in 115 households**, the 104th largest of 132 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 47.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.1%.

- 696people (2011)
- 115households
- 47.1%literacy
- 1,047females per 1,000 males

## Sewa Bigha PIN code and other codes

Sewa Bigha falls in Bodh Gaya sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSewa Bigha
- Community development blockBodh Gaya
- Census village code256586

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Sewa Bigha from nearby towns?

- Bodh Gaya (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)16 km by road
- Bodh Gaya (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Sewa Bigha?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Sewa Bigha; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bodh Gaya
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bodh Gaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sewa Bigha known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 81 hectares of village land is sown, and 44 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Sewa Bigha

Of every 100 households in Sewa Bigha in 2011, 1 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sewa Bigha · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**87%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**42%

Television ****0%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Sewa Bigha?

■ Sewa Bigha · ■ Bodh Gaya rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****47.1%**

**58.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1047**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**958

Working population ****24.4%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.1% for men and 38.7% for women. 44% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (4%) · **■** Other work 8 (5%) · **■** Marginal 139 (82%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bodh Gaya

- Dulra727 people
- Arjun Bigha722 people
- Harli Khurd712 people
- Kachanpur711 people
- Bairi chak672 people
- Turi Khurd668 people
- Kishunpur Jarhari631 people
- Khaira Bara627 people

[All 139 villages in Bodh Gaya](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/bodh-gaya/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Sewa Bigha from Gaya?16 km by road
- What is the population of Sewa Bigha?696 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sewa Bigha in?Gaya district (Bodh Gaya sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Sewa Bigha?47.1% (Census 2011)